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Updates on SWGDAM, NCFS, OSAC, and
Recent NIST Activities John M. Butler, Ph.D.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Fellow & Special Assistant to the Director for Forensic Science
Vice-Chair, National Commission on Forensic Science
Member, OSAC Biology/DNA Scientific Area Committee
OSAC Liaison to SWGDAM
Associate Editor, Forensic Science International: Genetics
Salt Lake City, UT
February 18, 2016
SWGDAM Photo Taken at July 2015 Meeting
• SWGDAM meets semi-annually (January & July)
• ~80 people participating at each meeting
SWGDAM Committees & Working Groups
Committees/Working Groups Primary Focus
1 Autosomal STR Interpretation Revising 2010 guidelines to help mixture
interpretation (89 page document with
examples is close to completion)
2 CODIS Discussing automated hit counting, threshold-
based searching, and revisions to database QAS
3 Enhanced Detection Methods
& Interpretation (EDMI)
Preparing document on contamination prevention
and control
4 Quality Assurance Preparing draft revisions to the forensic QAS
5 Rapid DNA Reviewing rapid DNA progress (instruments and
legislation), discussing potential pilot studies
6 Y-STR Working on Y-STR mixture guidelines
7 Next-Gen Sequencing WG Monitoring development of NGS
8 SAFER Sexual Assault WG Providing recommendations to NIJ on laboratory
processing of sexual assault evidence kits
9 Ad Hoc “Committee of Detail” Preparing QAS clarification document for NDIS to
handle re-interpretation of historical data
In my role as OSAC liaison to SWGDAM, I have the opportunity to briefly
visit each group and learn about their activities
Recent SWGDAM Meeting July 14-16, 2015 • Main session: History of FBI DNA activities (Dwight Adams, Tom Callaghan),
TWGDAM/SWGDAM (Ken Konzak, Dave Coffman), DNA Identification Act of 1994 (Dawn Herkenham), Quality Assurance Standards (Doug Hares, Jocelyn Carlson)
• Committee Work (all-day Wednesday)
• Roundtable: FBI allele frequency changes (Tamyra Moretti, John Buckleton), MN missing persons case (Ann Gross), DNA from cartridge cases (Shawn Montpetit), GlobalFiler validation (Jason Kokoszka), TrueAllele test scandal (Ray Wickenheiser), Differential extractions (Bill Hudlow), Familial searching (Gary Molina), New York State Forensic Science Commission (Dawn Herkenham)
• Committee updates: CODIS (Darrell Oubre), EDMI (Dixie Peters), Next-Gen (John Tonkyn), QA (Jocelyn Carlson), Rapid DNA (Taylor Scott), Y-STR (Tamyra Moretti), Autosomal STR Interpretation (Joel Sutton)
• Other updates: NIJ (Minh Nguyen), ENFSI DNA Working Group (Roman Hardil), NIST Applied Genetics Group (Mike Coble & Pete Vallone), Legislative (Dawn Herkenham), UK Home Office (Adam Shariff), OSAC-NCFS-NIST (John Butler)
• 12 page meeting report is available on SWGDAM website at http://media.wix.com/ugd/4344b0_99742207c78344c7b1948225492d1e3e.pdf
Recent SWGDAM Meeting January 12-14, 2016
• Main sessions: Potential QAS revisions discussed (Jocelyn Carlson and members of the QA Committee); SWGDAM guidelines for the processing of sexual assault evidence kits in a laboratory (Amber Carr); review of revised Autosomal STR interpretation guidelines (Joel Sutton and members of the Autosomal STR Interpretation Committee)
• Committee Work (most of Wednesday)
• Roundtable: Subpopulation corrections (John Buckleton & James Curran), ICMP manufacturer’s elimination database (Tom Parsons), DNA from fired cartridge casings (Shawn Montpetit), retrospective DNA review (Todd Bille), Texas Forensic Science Commission (Elizabeth Morris), familial searching (Gary Molina), Qiagen QIAcube differential extractions (Melissa Suddeth)
• Committee updates: Autosomal STR Interpretation (Joel Sutton), CODIS (Darrell Oubre), EDMI (Dixie Peters), Next-Gen (John Tonkyn), QA (Jocelyn Carlson), Rapid DNA (Pete Vallone), Y-STR (John Buckleton), SAFER Sexual Assault Kit WG (Amber Carr), Committee of Detail (Shawn Montpetit)
• Other updates: ISFG (Walther Parson), NIST Applied Genetics Group (Pete Vallone & Katherine Gettings), OSAC-NCFS-NIST (John Butler), NIJ (Minh Nguyen), DC Laboratory (Jenifer Smith), Legal Issues (Dawn Herkenham)
FBI Quality Assurance Standards (QAS) and OSAC Registry
• The FBI Director is Congressionally mandated by the DNA Identification Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) to set requirements for participation in the National DNA Index System (NDIS), which was done through creation of the QAS in 1998/1999 by the DNA Advisory Board (DAB)
• When the DAB’s term expired in 2000, SWGDAM was given responsibility for revising the QAS and accompanying audit documents, which has been done in 2009 and 2011
• However, SWGDAM and the FBI are not recognized SDOs (Standards Developing Organizations) nor has the QAS gone through a full SDO-process
• Currently, OSAC has decided that the QAS will not go through the OSAC Registry Approval process as it has to be maintained by the FBI (according to Congressional mandate) and does not meet the SDO-process (as defined by the OSAC Quality Infrastructure Committee)
• The FBI QAS do not prevent the development and implementation of OSAC standards/guidelines that will complement the quality and integrity of the discipline that is currently viewed as the gold standard of forensic science.
Slide originally shown at ISHI meeting by George Herrin (14 October 2015)
NIST Forensic Science Efforts National Commission on
Forensic Science (NCFS)
Department of Justice FACA
co-led by NIST
setting policy
NIST Forensic Science
Center of Excellence
International Symposium
on Forensic Science
Error Management
432 participants (11 countries)
NIST Funded Internal
Research Programs
~$7.5M/year
invested
CoE: ~$4M/year invested for
5 years (2015-2020)
Organization of Scientific
Area Committees (OSAC)
NIST-administered
>540 members of the community establishing standards and best practices
Part
ners
hip
with
Depa
rtm
ent of Ju
stice
NIST Research Efforts to Aid Forensic Science
SIX CURRENT FUNDED FOCUS AREAS
1. Ballistics and Associated Tool Marks
2. Digital and Identification Forensics
3. Forensic Genetics (DNA)
4. Toxins
5. Trace
6. Statistics
http://www.nist.gov/forensics
Internal NIST research will be
supplemented by a new NIST
Forensic Science Center of
Excellence (FSCOE)
MML
PML
ITL
ITL
MML
MML
SPO
Applied
Genetics Group
NIST Forensic Science
Center of Excellence
CSAFE will focus on the following objectives:
• Bring together forensic practitioners and expert statisticians to develop and apply
statistical methods to: latent prints, ballistics, tire marks, footwear, handwriting, bloodstain
pattern, tool marks, computer and information systems, mobile devices, network traffic,
social media, and GPS
• Develop, in collaboration with NIST scientists, new methods for forensic evidence
• Develop new inference techniques that account for various sources of uncertainty
• Establish a sound base of interpretation for forensic evidence in judicial settings
• Educate and train forensic practitioners, judges and attorneys, and the next
generation of statisticians
Kickoff Meeting held
October 26-27, 2015
in Ames, IA
Follow-up to Highly Successful First International Symposium on Forensic Science Error Management (July 21-24, 2015)
• Proceedings being finalized • plan to have out before Feb 2016
• Website: http://www.nist.gov/director/international_forensics_home.cfm
• Talk slide PDFs
(85 available with 2767 slides):
http://www.nist.gov/director/orals.cfm
• Recorded Keynote and Plenary Talks
(7 videos): http://www.nist.gov/director/recorded_symposium_sessions.cfm
• Discussing potential 2nd meeting in
May 2017 (stay tuned)
• This review article covers recent U.S. activities to
strengthen forensic science including the formation of the
National Commission on Forensic Science and the
Organization of Scientific Area Committees
• DNA documentary standards and guidelines from organizations
around the world are also included
Butler, J.M. (2015) U.S. initiatives to strengthen forensic science & international standards in forensic DNA.
FSI Genetics (volume 18, pp. 4-20)
OPEN SOURCE
(freely available)
September 2015 issue
A Renewal MOU Was Recently Signed between DOJ and NIST
and is publicly available on the NCFS website
Organization of Scientific
Area Committees (OSAC) Forensic discipline-specific “guidance groups”
administered by NIST
http://www.nist.gov/forensics/osac/index.cfm
Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC)
SAC = Scientific Area Committee
Sub = Subcommittee
Facial Identification Sub Firearms and
Toolmarks Sub
Forensic Document
Examination Sub
Anthropology Sub
Biological Methods Sub
Digital Evidence Sub
Seized Drugs Sub
Disaster Victim
Identification Sub
Friction Ridge Sub
Fire Debris and Explosives Sub
Materials (Trace) Sub
Medicolegal Death
Investigation Sub
Bloodstain Pattern
Analysis Sub
Toxicology Sub
Dogs and Sensors Sub
Footwear and Tire Sub
Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB)
Wildlife Forensics Sub
Geological Materials Sub
Video/Imaging Technology
and Analysis Sub
Biology/DNA
SAC
Quality Infrastructure
Committee (QIC)
Physics/Pattern
Interpretation
SAC
Chemistry/ Instrumental Analysis
SAC
Digital/Multimedia
SAC Crime Scene/
Death Investigation
SAC
Fire and Explosion
Investigation Sub
Legal Resource
Committee (LRC)
Biological Data
Interpretation and
Reporting Sub
Human Factors
Committee (HFC)
Gunshot Residue Sub
Odontology Sub
Speaker Recognition Sub
Crime Scene Sub Added
Dec 2015
Currently
542 total
members
6 1
4
8
2
3
1
1
14 of 26 are ASTM standards
364 active
projects
SAC Biology Membership and Initial Terms (2, 3, or 4 years)
Members (Term) Role
George Herrin (4) Chair
Angelo Della Manna (3) Vice-Chair
DeeDee Hawk (2) Exec Sec
Kim Murga (2) SC Chair
Robyn Ragsdale (4) SC Chair
Kathy Moore (2) SC Chair
Members (Term) Role
John Butler (3) QIC Liaison,
SWGDAM Liaison
Tom Callaghan (3)
Robin Cotton (4) LRC Liaison
Phillip Danielson (4) HFC Liaison
Bruce Weir (3)
Simone Gittelson (2)
First public SAC meeting was held February 16, 2015 7-10pm at the AAFS meeting
Monthly conference calls are conducted to get subcommittee updates Second public SAC meeting was October 15, 2015 7:30-8:45am at the ISHI meeting
Next public SAC meeting will be February 22, 2016 10:15am-12pm at AAFS meeting
Biology/DNA Scientific Area Committee
http://www.nist.gov/forensics/osac/sac-biology.cfm
George Herrin
(chair)
Not pictured: Bruce Weir
& Simone Gittelson
3 SWGDAM participants
SAC Biology/DNA Activity Task Groups Subcommittees
Biology/DNA Scientific Area Committee
Mixture Interp Verification (Sobieralski/Montpetit)
Software Validation (Kehl)
Probabilistic Genotyping (Sutton)
Statistical Interpretation (Zabell)
Terminology (Westring)
Sample Id & Collection (Zervos)
Education/Training (Kadash)
Validation/Method (Weitz)
Terminology (Buel)
Biological Data Interpretation
and Reporting (Ragsdale)
Biological Methods (Murga)
SAC Biology (Herrin)
Terminology (Baker/Hoofer)
Standards and Guidelines (O’Brien/Giles)
Report Writing (Trail/Giles)
Validation (Lindquist/Hoofer)
Wildlife Forensics (Moore)
Terminology (Della Manna)
OSAC Forensic Biology Glossary (Terminology) Document Under Review
Reference to
SWGDAM documents
is provided
>400 definitions distilled
from ~1280 terms collected
OSAC Biology/DNA SAC Summary
• Regular conference calls (virtual meetings) • SAC and subcommittees each meet at least monthly
• Task groups meet sometimes multiple times per month
• A public SAC meeting/public comment session was held as part of the ISHI meeting in Grapevine, Texas on October 15, 2015
• The next public SAC meeting is February 22, 2015 as part of the AAFS meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Several documents are close to being completed for submission to a Standards Developing Organization (SDO)
• AAFS is standing up an SDO; the current plan is to use this route for SAC Biology/DNA documents
21
No documents reside on the
OSAC Registry of Standards
or Registry of Guidelines yet
OSAC Quality Infrastructure Committee (QIC) has developed worksheets for documenting efforts
Recent or Upcoming OSAC Events
• January 25-29, 2016 – Second in-person meeting of OSAC subcommittees (Leesburg, VA)
• February 22-23, 2016 – Second public meeting with presentations by SAC and subcommittee chairs in Las Vegas, NV as part of AAFS
January 2016 – first posting to OSAC Registry of Approved Standards
OSAC Monthly Newsletter
Issues (to-date)
• August 2015
• Sept 2015
• Oct 2015
• Nov 2015
• Dec 2015
• Jan 2016
• Feb 2016
http://nist.gov/forensics/osac/osac-newsletter.cfm
One of the ways to solicit public comment on standards and
guidelines up for consideration on the OSAC Registries
Internal OSAC Meetings (Leesburg, VA) – January 25-29, 2016
• (Jan 25) FSSB meeting
• (Jan 26) 5 SACs, 3 Resource Committees & several subcommittees
• (Jan 27) full OSAC plenary followed by 24 SCs, 3 RC meetings
• (Jan 28) 24 SCs, 3 RC meetings
• (Jan 29) ½ day 24 SCs
Based on current funding
OSAC in-person meetings are on a ~9 month cycle
(January – July/August – April – January …)
Public OSAC Meetings (at AAFS, Las Vegas, NV)
February 22, 2016 (Monday)
(8 am – 10 am) Digital/Multimedia SAC
• Digital Evidence
• Facial Identification
• Video/Imaging Technology and Analysis
• Speaker Recognition
(10:15 am – 12 pm) Biology/DNA SAC
• Biological Methods • Biological Data Interpretation & Reporting • Wildlife Forensics
(1 pm – 5 pm) Crime Scene/Death Investigation SAC
• Anthropology • Disaster Victim Identification • Dogs and Sensors • Fire and Explosion • Medicolegal Death Investigation • Odontology
February 23, 2016 (Tuesday)
(8:30 am – 12 pm) Physics/Pattern Interpretation SAC
• Bloodstain Pattern Analysis • Firearms and Toolmarks • Footwear and Tire • Forensic Document Examination • Friction Ridge
(1 pm – 5 pm) Chemistry/Instrumental Analysis SAC
• Fire Debris and Explosives • Geological Materials • Gunshot Residue • Materials (Trace) • Seized Drugs • Toxicology
5 SAC chairs and 24 subcommittee
chairs will present; will be webcast
National Commission on Forensic Science
A Federal Advisory Committee
for the U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.justice.gov/ncfs
U.S. Department of Commerce
National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS)
www.justice.gov/ncfs
Nelson A. Santos Vice-Chair (DOJ)
John M. Butler Vice-Chair (NIST)
NCFS Leadership
Next meeting (9th): March 21-22, 2016
Sally Q. Yates
Deputy Attorney General
DOJ Co-Chair
Last meeting (8th): Dec 7-8, 2015
Policy-focused
32 voting and 8 ex-officio members
Willie E. May Director of NIST
NIST Co-Chair
New Commissioners for Second Term
1. Thomas D. Albright, Ph.D., Professor and Conrad T. Prebys Chair, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California
2. Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D., Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Alfred and Jill Summer Professor and Chair of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
3. Gregory C. Champagne, Sheriff, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
4. William N. Crane, Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Digital Forensic Program, Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont
5. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
6. Sunita Sah, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Press Release (August 6, 2015): http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-
and-national-institute-standards-and-technology-name-six-experts-new
Will be looking for a new digital evidence member…
Current NCFS Subcommittees
NCFS Subcommittee # Commissioners # Non-Commissioners
1. Accreditation & Proficiency
Testing 8 13
2. Human Factors 7 16
3. Interim Solutions 11 2
4. Medicolegal Death
Investigation 7 7
5. Reporting & Testimony 13 9
6. Scientific Inquiry & Research 12 5
7. Training on Science & Law 7 5
http://www.justice.gov/ncfs/subcommittees
where much of the Commission work occurs…
Subcommittee products are discussed and voted on by the full
Commission prior to being recommended to the Attorney General
57 non-Commissioners
contributing to the process
Most Commissioners are
on multiple subcommittees
Timeline for Commission Activities • Announcement at AAFS 2013 meeting (February 21, 2013)
• Commission charter filed (April 23, 2013)
• Commission membership named (January 10, 2014)
Term 1 (April 23, 2013 – April 23, 2015):
• First meeting (February 3-4, 2014)
• Second meeting (May 12-13, 2014)
• Third meeting (August 26-27, 2014)
• Fourth meeting (October 28-29, 2014)
• Fifth meeting (January 29-30, 2015)
Term 2 (April 23, 2015 – April 23, 2017):
• Sixth meeting (April 30-May 1, 2015)
• Seventh meeting (August 10-11, 2015)
• Eighth meeting (December 7-8, 2015)
• Ninth meeting (March 21-22, 2016)
• Tenth meeting (June 20-21, 2016)
• Eleventh meeting (Sept 12-13, 2016)
• Twelfth meeting (January 9-10, 2017)
• Thirteenth meeting (April 10-11, 2017)
Federal Advisory
Committees exist on a
2-year renewal cycle
New Commission
charter signed on
April 23, 2015
Includes digital
evidence
While we hope that a new
charter will be signed in
April 2017 extending
the NCFS, a new
administration
will begin January 20, 2017
and may have different
priorities
NCFS Outside Speaker Panel Discussions
Meeting Topics
1 Background on NRC 2009 report, 2009 census of public labs, & SoFS efforts
2 Ethics and Forensic Science
2, 3 Cognitive Bias and Human Factors (part 1 & part 2)
3 Latent Print Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Interoperability
3 Role of Accreditation in Forensic Science
4 Assessing Eyewitness Identification (NRC report)
5 Documentary Standards
5 Judicial Training
5 Accreditation and Certification within the MDI Community
6 Evidence Preservation and Retention
6 OSAC Update and Priority Action Report
6 Disaster Victim Identification within the MDI Community
7 Exploring Issues Related to Proficiency Testing
8 Translation of Scientific Research into Forensic Practice
8 AAAS Forensic Science Assessments: A Quality & Gap Analysis
International Perspectives Meeting 3: UK Regulator
Meeting 7: Netherlands Register of Court Experts
Designated Federal Official (DFO) for the National
Commission on Forensic Science
Andrew J. Bruck
Andrew J. Bruck
Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 305-3481
Subcommittee on Procedures and Operations (SPO) – formerly Bylaws
• Purpose: to define/refine process documents and bylaws governing Commission activities
• SPO Membership: • DFO: Andrew Bruck
• Vice-Chairs: Nelson Santos & John Butler
• OSTP representative: Meredith Drosback (replaced Tania Simoncelli)
• Commission representatives (4): • Marilyn Huestis (researcher)
• Dean Gialamas (practitioner)
• Pam King (defense attorney MN district judge)
• Matt Redle (prosecuting attorney)
Commission Work Products
• The Commission is a Department of Justice Federal Advisory Committee and therefore only has direct authority to make recommendations to the Attorney General.
• It is hoped that Commission work products will be considered and adopted by other Federal agencies and within state and local jurisdictions.
Voting is conducted electronically
with a two-thirds majority
required to pass
DOJ has promised to respond to NCFS
work products within two meetings
NCFS Work Products Page
http://www.justice.gov/ncfs/work-products
Sign up for Email Updates
NCFS Meetings Page
http://www.justice.gov/ncfs/meetings
Sign up for Email Updates
NCFS Email Updates - GovDelivery
https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOJ/subscriber/new?topic_id=USDOJ_271
We Encourage Public Comments
• Individuals wishing to submit written public comment regarding draft work products should do so by going to www.regulations.gov
• Work products are made available to Commissioners and to the general public at least 15 days before the next meeting and public comments can also be provided 15 days after a meeting (30 days total)
NCFS Meeting 7 Topics August 10-11, 2015
• Subcommittee Reports & Work Product Discussion • Five final work products were approved
• Briefing on Ethics and the Special Government Employee
• Panel on Exploring Issues Related to Proficiency Testing • Speakers: Brady Mills, Christopher Czyryca, Jesse Brown
• Presentation on The Netherlands Register of Court Experts: Experiences and Challenges toward a Forensic Science Quality System
• Speaker: Michael Smithuis
http://www.nist.gov/forensics/national-commission-on-forensic-science-webcast-7.cfm
NCFS Meeting 8 Topics December 7-8, 2015
• Subcommittee Reports & Work Product Discussion • Three final work products were approved
• OSAC Update • Speaker: Jeremy Triplet
• Panel on Translation of Scientific Research into Practice • Speakers: Molly Dix (RTI), Fen Zhao (NSF), Peter Marks (FDA),
Jennifer Shieh (NIH)
• Presentation on AAAS Forensic Science Assessments • Speakers: Mark Frankel and Deborah Runkle
http://www.nist.gov/forensics/national-commission-on-forensic-science-webcast-8.cfm
Work Products Adopted by the Commission
1. Survey of Law Enforcement Forensic Units
2. Accreditation of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices
3. Certification of Medicolegal Death Investigators
4. Scientific Literature in Support of Forensic Science and Practice
5. Inconsistent Terminology
6. Universal Accreditation
7. Forensic Science and Related Terms
8. Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Interoperability
9. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) in Forensic Science
10. Pretrial Discovery of Forensic Materials
11. Increasing the Number, Retention, and Quality of Board-Certified Forensic Pathologists
12. Electronic Networking of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices
13. Documentation, Case Record and Report Contents
14. Ensuring that Forensic Analysis is Based Upon Task-Relevant Information
15. Forensic Science Curriculum Development
DOJ Press Release (December 7, 2015)
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-new-accreditation-
policies-advance-forensic-science
http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/797541/download
DEPARTMENT
NCFS Work Products – Drafts were open for public comment (Nov 23 – Dec 22, 2015)
1. Proficiency Testing in Forensic Science
2. Critical Steps to Accreditation
3. National Code of Professional Responsibility
4. Transparency of Quality Management System Documents
5. Testimony Using the Term “Reasonable Degree of Scientific Certainty”
6. Funding for Post-Doctoral Projects to Facilitate Translation of Research into Forensic Science Practice
7. Establishing the Foundational Literature within the Forensic Science Disciplines
Will be voted on at the March 21-22, 2016 NCFS meeting
NCFS Work Products/Topics Under Development
1. Accessibility of Scientific Literature
2. Evaluating the Effectiveness of
Scientific Procedures and Practices
3. Validation of Test Methods
4. Role of Accreditation in Forensic
Education
5. Training Assessment Tools
6. Training on Notification
7. Assessment of Context Management
Systems
8. Checklists to Reduce Bias
9. National Call Center
10. Model Legislation for Medical
Examiner and Coroner Jurisdictions
11. Medicolegal Autonomy and
Independence
12. Uniform Policies and Procedures for
Accreditation Programs
13. Analyst Certification
14. Need for Research to Improve
Quality of Proficiency Tests
15. Data Collection and Collaboration
with Proficiency Test Providers
16. Accreditation and Digital Evidence
17. Presentation of Expert Testimony
18. Access to Expert Witnesses by
Defense
19. Judicial Vouching
20. Notice and Demand Rules
21. Probabilistic Statements
22. Pretrial Discovery
23. Report Content – Case File
24. Evidence Preservation and Retention
NCFS Meeting Dates
• Meeting 8: December 7 – 8, 2015 • Location: House of Sweden, Washington, DC
FUTURE DATES – LOCATIONS TBD
• Meeting 9: March 21 – 22, 2016
• Meeting 10: June 20 – 21, 2016
• Meeting 11: September 12 – 13, 2016
• Meeting 12: January 9 – 10, 2017
• Meeting 13: April 10 – 11, 2017
CONTINGENT UPON CHARTER RENEWAL
• Meeting 14: July 17 – 18, 2017
• Meeting 15: November 6 – 7, 2017
Other Past and Future
NIST Activities
13 invited
review articles Issue editor: John Butler
FSI Genetics Special Issue (Vol. 18, September 2015)
Author(s) Article Title (Invited Review Articles)
John Butler U.S. initiatives to strengthen forensic science & international standards in forensic DNA
Titia Sijen Molecular approaches for forensic cell type identification: on mRNA, miRNA, DNA
methylation, and microbial markers
Manfred Kayser Forensic DNA phenotyping: predicting human appearance from crime scene material for
investigative purposes
Chris Phillips Forensic genetic analysis of bio-geographical ancestry
Robin Cotton &
Matthew Fisher
Properties of sperm and seminal fluid, informed by research on reproduction and
contraception
Claus Børsting &
Niels Morling
Next generation sequencing and its applications in forensic genetics
Erica Romsos &
Peter Vallone
Rapid PCR of STR markers: applications to human identification
Peter Gill et al. Genotyping and interpretation of STR-DNA: low-template, mixtures and database
matches – 20 years of research and development
K. Gettings et al. STR allele sequence variation: current knowledge and future issues
Just, Irwin, Parson Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the emerging field of massively parallel sequencing
Toni Diegoli Forensic typing of short tandem repeat markers on the X and Y chromosomes
Ogden & Linacre Wildlife forensic science: a review of genetic geographic origin assignment
Maria Brión et al. Massive parallel sequencing applied to the molecular autopsy in sudden cardiac death
in the young
New Book by Law Professor Erin Murphy
(Nation Books, Oct 2015)
400 pages
The Diane Rehm Show (in NPR studio on Dec 16, 2015)
https://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-12-16/new-questions-
about-the-use-of-forensic-dna (listen to broadcast or read transcript)
John M. Butler
NIST
Daniele Podini
GWU Forensic Science Program
Also on air via phone or Skype
Erin Murphy (NYU School of Law)
Mitch Morrissey (Denver DA)
AAFS 2016 Workshop on Forensic Science Literature Matthew Wood Introduction to Workshop and
Presenters
John Butler Why Search and Read the Forensic
Science Literature?
Jeff Teitelbaum Free Forensic Science Information
Resources for the Practitioner
Susan Makar &
Amanda Malanowski Tools for Searching and Analyzing the
Forensic Science Literature
BREAK
Jeff Teitelbaum &
Susan Makar Case Examples (latent prints, handwriting,
DNA, specific authors)
Melissa Taylor ForSciPub: A Vision for the Future of
Forensic Science Literature
John Butler Other Activities Regarding Forensic
Literature: AAAS, NCFS, OSAC
Transformation: Embracing Change An International Panel Discussion on the Impact of Recent Forensic Science Initiatives and the Response of the Global Community
Willie E. May, PhD
National Institute of
Standards and
Technology
Gaithersburg, MD
Sally Q. Yates, JD
U.S. Department
of Justice
Washington, DC
Alastair Ross, AM
National Institute of
Forensic Science,
Retired
AUSTRALIA
Reinout Woittiez, PhD
Netherlands
Forensic Institute
NETHERLANDS
Gillian Tully, PhD
Forensic Science
Regulator,
UK Home Office
UNITED KINGDOM
NCFS Co-Chair NCFS Co-Chair
Moderator: John M. Butler, PhD
NIST
NCFS Vice-Chair
Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD
AAFS President George Washington University
Department of Forensic Sciences
Washington, DC
Plenary Program Speakers
Plenary Session
Chair:
Matthew R.
Wood, MS Ocean County
Sheriff’s
Department
Forensic Science
Laboratory
Toms River, NJ
Plenary Session
Co-Chair:
Joanna L.
Collins, MFS Linus Consulting
Group, LLC
San Antonio, TX
AAFS
2016
Plenary
Session
Talk Planned for AAFS 2016
Dr. Wilmer Souder and the National Bureau of Standards Identification Laboratory (1935)
Photo taken April 11, 1935
(rediscovered August 5, 2015 within
National Archives NBS collections)
Reader’s Digest July 1951 article
pp. 118-120
Biannual Conference to Showcase NIST Research
http://www.nist.gov/oles/forensics-2012.cfm
Previous Meetings:
November 28-30, 2012 at NIST
December 3-4, 2014 at NIST
Next Meeting:
November 8-9, 2016
Gaithersburg, MD
http://www.nist.gov/forensics/forensics-at-nist-2014.cfm
www.nist.gov/forensics
National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS):
www.justice.gov/ncfs
Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC):
www.nist.gov/forensics/osac/index.cfm
301-975-4049 [email protected]